Meeting A & B

Charles Dickens quickly wrote A Christmas Carol in 1843 to pay off some debts. Little did he know it was destined to become one of the most enduring holiday stories of all time. In this storytelling lecture, William Pack, using a script derived from Dickens’ 1867 abridgment, will perform a reading enhanced with a modern recreation of a magic lantern slide show popular during Dickens’ lifetime.

(Grades 9-12) Have you read at least four of the 2018 Lincoln Nominees? Join us for trivia, where we’ll put your reading to the test! Then vote for your favorite 2018 nominee! If you read all 20, you get a special prize. Be sure to pick up a Lincoln Nominee Bingo Board at the Youth Services desk or in the Young Adult section. Pizza and drinks will be provided ... please register.

(Grades 4-12) Hang out and play Wii on the big screen, or the PS4 and XBOX One in our Young Adult area. Bring your own devices to play Minecraft, your DS/3DS, or your Magic and Yu-Gi-Oh cards! Snacks will be provided ... no registration required!

(For teens and their families) Performed by Lakes Community High School Studio Theatre students, these provocative short plays will get teens and their families thinking about bullying. No registration required.

(For teens and their families) Performed by Lakes Community High School Studio Theatre students, these provocative short plays will get teens and their families thinking about bullying. No registration required.

(Open to all ages) LVDL's favorite canine couple Booker and Paige are adopting four little puppies into their family! Please join us to celebrate with refreshments and fun ... no registration required, everyone is invited!

Located in Asheville, North Carolina, Biltmore Estate combines the talents of landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted and architect William Morris Hunt. This slide lecture, presented by art historian Jeff Mishur, discusses the history, architecture and landscape plan of the estate as well as parallels between the fictitious Downtown Abbey’s Crawley family and the real-life home of the Vanderbilt’s.